StraferJack Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Anyone else have this problem?In the last few weeks, I?ve noticed that maybe 30-40% of the tracks on my iphone have started to sound not rightAt this point, anyone with a beef about apple, iphones, MP3, digital music generally needs to start another thread because this isn?t the one!By ?not right? I mean volume seems about 50% of what it should be. Vocals have retreated to the background. A general light smear of muffle over the whole soundIf I play the same track via spotify it?s absolutely fine ?so I?m ruling out my phone connector or headphonesThe affected tracks were playing fine until recently ? and it?s not the album master as some tracks on same album don?t have the problemI get it on both MP3 and AAC files so it?s not format specific eitherThe remaining 60-70% of tracks on the phone play just fine but the problem is affecting more of them every weekIt sounds odd and I?ve googled it and I get a sense it is a new problem which is affecting a few people but so far not enough for anyone to be able to help or take it seriously so I thought I?d try here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 As you get older your tastes change - New Order/Joy Division really weren't that good, see? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveR Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Does Teenage Kicks sound wrong, but Phil Collins is clear as a bell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 And those Leo Sayer tracks are coming over so much brighter now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 hours of potential fun but no help for Straefer methinks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Check that the EQ and Volume Limit features are both turned off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraferJack Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 cheers Jez - but that would affect all songs equally wouldn't it (they are off btw) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Well.. I wouldn't be surprised if all that "pop"/"rock"/"jazz" nonsense made more of a mess of some recordings than others. But yeah... ruled out. It's a strange one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Possibly a problem with IOS 7.0.3 if you have recently upgraded.. Seems a common problem DulwichFox.PS. Might affect different songs. ie. Louder songs might be subjected to attenuation whilst quietersongs not be affected thus maintaining a constant volume level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numbers Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 "By ?not right? I mean volume seems about 50% of what it should be. Vocals have retreated to the background. A general light smear of muffle over the whole sound "my iphone has been doing EXACTLY this fairly recently but I discovered it during voice calls not when playing music (altho I expect same thing will occur if I do). Does that happen to you during calls as well? the muffled volume thing like they are really really far away? Really bloody annoying as at first I thought it was due to the other caller on a bad line. But its not that..sorry, not helpful as I have no idea how to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pibe Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 It does sound suspiciously like a firmware issue, probably directly related to the ipod type softweare, but that would be guessing.Have you tried using the lineout rather than the headphone jack and seeing if the difference is still there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraferJack Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Found it. Eq was offSound limit was off tooBut what's this? "sound check". A feature which is meant to prevent sounds from being too jarring from others. Never seen it before so obviously a recent ios addition. Turned off and I'm hearing what I should be hearingFoxy came closest. But cheers all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pibe Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 and of course the lineout bypasses all that stuff.Am putting my ipod through a musical fidelity DAC and it sounds excellent (rather than music played from beyond the mortal coil)maybe something like this for on the hop? http://www.fostexinternational.com/docs/products/HP-P1.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Carrying one of those around in your pocket would require a whole new level of geekdom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pibe Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 *shuffles uneasily*actually i don't do on the hop any more. i walk nowhere!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Don't worry. It's a compliment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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